| Season | 2016–17 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Portsmouth |
| Promoted | Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers Blackpool |
| Relegated | Hartlepool United Leyton Orient |
| Matches | 557 |
| Goals | 1,490 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | John Akinde John Marquis (26 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Stevenage 6–1Hartlepool Yeovil 5–0Crawley Crewe 5–0Grimsby Accrington 5–0Leyton Orient Plymouth 6–1Newport County Portsmouth 6–1Cheltenham |
| Biggest away win | Hartlepool 0–5Cambridge |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches (Exeter City) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 15 matches (Accrington Stanley, Carlisle United) |
| Longest winless run | 13 matches (Notts County) |
| Longest losing run | 10 matches (Notts County) |
| Highest attendance | Portsmouth 1–1Plymouth Argyle (18,644) |
| Average attendance | 4,751 |
2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2017. | |
The2016–17 EFL League Two (referred to as theSky Bet League Two for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th season of the Football League Two under its current title and the 24th season under its current league division format. The fixtures were announced on 22 June 2016.[1]
Promoted fromNational League
Relegated fromLeague One
Promoted toLeague One
Relegated toNational League
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool | Sacked | 18 May 2016[15] | Pre-season | 1 June 2016[16] | ||
| Leyton Orient | 26 September 2016[17] | 14th | 2 October 2016[18] | |||
| Newport County | 28 September 2016[19] | 24th | 10 October 2016[20] | |||
| Grimsby Town | Hired byShrewsbury Town | 24 October 2016[21] | 8th | 7 November 2016[22] | ||
| Mansfield Town | Resigned | 14 November 2016[23] | 18th | 16 November 2016[24] | ||
| Leyton Orient | Sacked | 23 November 2016[25] | 22nd | 23 November 2016[26] | ||
| Barnet | Hired byEastleigh | 1 December 2016[27] | 8th | 15 February 2017[28] | ||
| Notts County | Sacked | 2 January 2017[29] | 22nd | 12 January 2017[30] | ||
| Crewe Alexandra | 8 January 2017[31] | 18th | 8 January 2017[31] | |||
| Hartlepool United | Mutual consent | 15 January 2017[32] | 19th | 18 January 2017[33] | ||
| Leyton Orient | Hired by theFootball Association | 29 January 2017[34] | 23rd | 29 January 2017[34] | ||
| Newport County | Sacked | 9 March 2017[35] | 24th | 9 May 2017[36] | ||
| Leyton Orient | Resigned | 30 March 2017[37] | 24th | 10 July 2017[38] | ||
| Grimsby Town | Sacked | 10 April 2017[39] | 14th | 12 April 2017[40] | ||
| Barnet | 15 April 2017[41] | 16th | 19 May 2017[42] | |||
| Hartlepool United | 24 April 2017[43] | 23rd | 26 May 2017[44] | |||
| Crawley Town | Mutual consent | 4 May 2017[45] | 21st | 23 May 2017[46] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth(C, P) | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 87 | Promotion toEFL League One |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle(P) | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 87 | |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers(P) | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 85 | 55 | +30 | 85 | |
| 4 | Luton Town | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 77 | Qualification forLeague Two play-offs[a] |
| 5 | Exeter City | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 75 | 56 | +19 | 71 | |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 69 | 68 | +1 | 71 | |
| 7 | Blackpool(O, P) | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 69 | 46 | +23 | 70 | |
| 8 | Colchester United | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 69 | |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 69 | |
| 10 | Stevenage | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 67 | 63 | +4 | 67 | |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 66 | |
| 12 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 66 | |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 65 | |
| 14 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 62 | |
| 15 | Barnet | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 57 | 64 | −7 | 57 | |
| 16 | Notts County | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 56 | |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 55 | |
| 18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 53 | 73 | −20 | 52 | |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 51 | |
| 20 | Yeovil Town | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 50 | |
| 21 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 50 | |
| 22 | Newport County | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 48 | |
| 23 | Hartlepool United(R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 46 | Relegation to theNational League |
| 24 | Leyton Orient(R) | 46 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 47 | 87 | −40 | 36 |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| 4 | Luton Town | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||
| 7 | Blackpool | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 7 | Blackpool | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Exeter City | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | Exeter City | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | Carlisle United | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Home \ Away | ACC | BAR | BLP | CAM | CRL | CHL | COL | CRA | CRE | DON | EXE | GRI | HAR | LEY | LUT | MAN | MOR | NPC | NTC | PLY | POR | STE | WYC | YEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Stanley | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Barnet | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Blackpool | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Cambridge United | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
| Carlisle United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| Cheltenham Town | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Colchester United | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Crawley Town | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Crewe Alexandra | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | |
| Exeter City | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | |
| Grimsby Town | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |
| Hartlepool United | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |
| Leyton Orient | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | |
| Luton Town | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | |
| Mansfield Town | 4–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Morecambe | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | |
| Newport County | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Notts County | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | |
| Portsmouth | 2–0 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | |
| Stevenage | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Yeovil Town | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Source:BBC Sport
Correct as of 28 May 2017
| # | Football club | Home games | Average attendance[65] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portsmouth FC | 23 | 16,823 |
| 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 9,652 |
| 3 | Luton Town | 23 | 8,046 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 23 | 6,021 |
| 5 | Notts County | 23 | 5,970 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 5,259 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 23 | 5,114 |
| 8 | Cambridge United | 23 | 4,737 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 4,663 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 23 | 4,166 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 23 | 3,973 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 23 | 3,917 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 3,882 |
| 14 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 3,788 |
| 15 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 3,774 |
| 16 | Yeovil Town | 23 | 3,567 |
| 17 | Blackpool FC | 23 | 3,456 |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 3,323 |
| 19 | Stevenage FC | 23 | 2,899 |
| 20 | Newport County | 23 | 2,861 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 23 | 2,492 |
| 22 | Barnet FC | 23 | 2,260 |
| 23 | Morecambe FC | 23 | 1,703 |
| 24 | Accrington Stanley | 23 | 1,699 |